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The Moon on Friday, August 23, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 23, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 August 1912404,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 23, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
404,550 km251,376 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 19, 191216:56
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 27, 191219:59

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Friday, August 23, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1912 to the new moon of September 11, 1912, a cycle of 29.33 days.